Fireside Chat: Like a Wave We Break Book Launch with Jane Chen, Cofounder of Embrace Global

​🌊 What if the most powerful form of leadership begins with healing yourself?

​Join Jane Marie Chen — cofounder of Embrace Global and Design for Extreme Affordability alum — for an evening of honest conversation on burnout, purpose, and rediscovering joy in impact work.

​📖 Like a Wave We Break — Book Talk + Discussion

​🕕 Thursday, November 6 | 6:30–8:30 PM

​📍 Stanford d.school

​Jane’s journey began in Stanford’s beloved Design for Extreme Affordability class over 15 years ago and has since saved the lives of over 1 million premature babies around the world. In her new memoir, Like a Wave We Break, she shares the lessons learned from building—and nearly losing—a mission-driven organization, and the healing work that transformed how she leads.

​This evening will explore themes of identity, leadership, intergenerational trauma, and renewal—and how inner healing can become a foundation for sustainable impact.

​Event Highlights

​6:30–7:00 | Reception with light refreshments

​7:00–8:00 | Fireside chat with Jane Chen

​8:00–8:30 | Mingle & wrap-up